Disclaimer; I do not own Criminal Minds. You make me sad. So be it!

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The old profiler watched his protégé with amusement. The young Doctor Spencer Reid was shifting his weight from foot to foot every second of the elevator ride. He was wringing his hands, swallowing deeply and eyeing the door as if at any moment, it would open to reveal the seventh ring of Hell.

Jason Gideon smiled. Nervousness was good; it kept one on one's toes. He knew Spencer wanted to impress the team. He was young, very young, and looked even younger. But he qualified beautifully and exceeded many expectations. He was ready.

"Relax, Spencer. Remember to breathe, that's very important," joked Gideon. He laughed out loud when Spencer took the time to breathe audibly.

"I'm sorry, it's just-um, guess I'm nervous," coughed Spencer, looking at his feet.

"I hadn't noticed." Reid looked up, eyes wide. "I am a profiler, Spencer, and you are probably one of the easiest people I have ever read." Reid blushed and went back to wringing his hands.

The elevator stopped, opened, and Spencer Reid saw the BAU office for the first time.

A line of desks on either side of the room was the first thing Spencer observed, probably for his fellow teammates. There were offices a few stairs up and Reid knew one was for Jason and the other was for Aaron Hotchner.

Spencer's eyebrows rose when he saw a woman dressed in a hot pink polka dotted dress, bright pink heels, walk by. Her hair was in pigtails, sticking out in opposite directions with the help of yellow and orange scrunchies. She stopped when she saw Jason.

"Hey, Boss Man, whose your friend?" she asked in a sweet tone, eyeing Reid, who shifted uncomfortably.

"This is Dr. Spencer Reid, the newest installment to our BAU team," announced Gideon, and Spencer thought that there might be a hint of pride in Jason's voice, but that could just be wishful thinking.

The woman looked from Jason, to Reid, to Jason, and back again to Reid, barely blinking, probably due to the espresso in her hands. Finally she spoke.

"He's adorable!" she exclaimed walking right up to a stunned Spencer.

"Hello, cutie pie, I am Penelope Garcia, Queen of all things with keyboards and screens. Let me be the first to welcome you to the family!" She was shaking his hand throughout her entire speech. "Oh, you are just going to love it here! Best people ever, but let me warn you ahead of time; if the Derek Morgan fellow starts being a meanie, tell me and I will be on him like a spider monkey on crack. No way will he mess with my new friend, nope-"

"Garcia!" announced Jason, interrupting her mid speech.

"Yessir?"

"Please give Spencer his arm back."

She stopped shaking it and placed it neatly at his side. "There you go. Well, I should be going. JJ says you have a case, so looks like Doc here gets to jump right into things. Adios!" And with that, she left.

"Nice meeting you!" called Spencer after he recovered from the initial shock. He liked her!

"She is a fun one," mused Gideon before shaking his head and walking towards what Spencer assumed was the conference room. "Ready to meet the team?"

"Um, okay," said Spencer, trying to keep his squeak to a minimum. Jason smiled and answered, "Calm…breathe, they will love you, just give them time." And with that, Jason pushed the door open.

The team was gathered around a circular table, facing a petite blonde woman with a remote controlling the images in front of her. Heads swiveled around to look at the newbie they had been expecting, and Spencer saw the large, dark-skinned man crack a smile.

"I would like to introduce Dr. Spencer Reid, our newest member," said Gideon for the second time that day.

Silence. Then a tall, serious-looking man with dark hair and eyes stood up. "Nice to meet you, I'm SSA Aaron Hotchner."

Reid shook his hand nervously, praying that it wasn't sweaty. The man continued. "This is Agent Derek Morgan and Jennifer Jareau, or JJ." The dark skinned man looked ready to laugh while the blonde smiled politely.

"Hello," said Reid semi-softly, waving his hand a bit. Finally, Derek Morgan broke through the awkwardness and said the question everyone was secretly wanting to ask.

"Really, are you serious?" He was blunt about it.

Hotch sent him a warning look and Reid sighed internally. It wasn't like he wasn't expecting it. Jason answered, "Yes, Morgan, I am serious."

Morgan looked confused, as if there was something he couldn't piece together, before settling on his next question. "Doctor? How old are you, kid?"

"Um, 23," said Reid, shifting his weight.

"You went to medical school?" Morgan was now leaning towards the young doctor, eyeing him with curiosity. JJ rolled her eyes in the background.

"No, but I have doctorates in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Engineering and have Bachelor's in Psychology and Sociology," said Reid, speaking rather fast. He always hated telling people of his degrees, usually because of the after-effect it had.

And here it was…the silence and wide eyes, open mouths…

Jason spoke again. "He also has an IQ of 187, eidetic memory and can read 20,000 words per minute. Now that we have the statistics on poor Spencer here, shall we get started on the ACTUAL CASE?" stressed Reid, clapping a hand on the young man's back and giving JJ a look that clearly meant 'get started'.

Reid appreciated it. He hated having attention on him. Jason sat down and Spencer sat down next to him, and next to Morgan as well, who was still staring at him like he was a freak show.

Oh, this was going to be fun…

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Author's Note:

Let me know what you think! I love reviews. And btw, I don't know how old Reid was when he started…

I have sad news, however, especially for people who read my other stories. I will be leaving tomorrow and won't be back until the sixth of July, which is a Tuesday. THEN I will be leaving that Friday and won't be back till the 23rd. I just wanted to give you warnings.

AND PLEASE KNOW THAT I AM NOT ABANDONING THESE STORIES WHEN YOU SEE I HAVEN'T UPDATED FOR A COUPLE WEEKS! I WILL be back and I WILL update first thing and I WILL return with awesome ideas for more stories!

I appreciate you guys not totally ditching me and that you continue to review, so muchas gracias!

I'll try to maybe post tomorrow before I leave, but I don't think I will be able to. If not then I will see you all on the sixth . I don't want to leave fanfiction!

Until then, With love, MissdaVinci77